'Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), wvvw.clitheroetoday.co.uk A muddy/:butMaryellous ,walk;


THE Clitheroe Naturalists start­ ed out from Bolton-by-Bowland for their last walk of the summer season.,


I t was thought there would be


more autumn-fruits and fungi to be seen'-than: flowers,: but in the evenfi/tlierevwas variety^ob plants tomote: These included fathen, sheepsbit scabious and alpine ragwort.


\ The walk began down the lane


alongside the playing fields, with the participants then going across- Holden Beck to Bolton Peel, a mullion-windowed 17th Century farmhouse which has connections with the 19th- Century politician Sir Robert Peel. The walk continued across the


fields to the hamlet of Holden, then via the curious “hole in the wall” steps and stile across rough pasture to Hungrill Farm. Here the ford is normally fairly


dry, but Holden Beck was in spate following heavy rain the previous day. Undeterred, the group of 24 proceeded to Green :Ford Farm and to the well-preserved old house of Stoop Lane on the. road to Forest Becks. tuming back by. way of the nursery gardens and SkirdenBeck.,,-:’ ‘


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A lunchtime rest in the village gave members the chance to read


the accounts of the local scenes posted up in the information cen­ tre and to look a t the village


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j greens, the stocks and the market .cross,'as well as to marvel a t the -simple beauty of the ancient


A? church/with its memorial to Sir ^R a lp h ’-'Pudsey'vwho; lived a t d’-Bol’tori' Hall in th e l5 th Century. ; After lunch, :th’e walkers went' from the Gisbum road to Fooden,


l where the waters of a nearby sul­ phurous spring are said to


.(increase fertility. Whether or not these waters can account for Sir


. Ralph Pudsey’s 25 children is an interesting speculation.- ! The walk proceeded along


,/Rainsber woods, around’ the Bolton Hall estates and across the ^.new bridge which has replaced the


"'need to ford Skirden Beck. . / In this second part of the walk perhaps the last of , the summer


’ swallows were seen and a great spotted woodpecker was dis-


s-turbed.^Aigroupipf deer was also •'seen'bntwo occasions in the dis- ,'tance.


. v,'v '• The walkers returned to the vil­


lage.muddy b u t cpntent, ju s t befpre.the heavy rains began. . The winter walks will begin on


./ October 4th starting a t 11 a.m. from/Chester Avenue car park. Newcomers are very welcome. '


New Oakhill ‘prep’ school opens


A NEW preparatory school has opened ori the campus of Oakhill College, Whalley. After three years of planning and much hard work by the governors, teachers and parents through active fund-raising activities and support, the new preparatory school opened for busi­ ness on time for the start of the new term. The purpose-built school has eight state-of-the-art classrooms


housing more than 100 children from reception to Year 6, as well as a new science laboratory. Each classroom has its own wet area,, soft play/comfort area and IT facilities. The new facility means that the Millennium Hall can now be used


as originally intended, as a quality dining facility and for gymnastics and dance.


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Chairman of the board of governors Mr Tony Baron said that the college's aim was to build a comfortable, homely environment that was bright, light, airy and welcoming to facilitate learning. "The extremely positive reaction from all sides, pupils, teachers


and parents, has far exceeded anything I could have imagined," he said.


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I won’t let the basic ethos of change, says head


by Tim Procter


A RESOUNDING re - s ta te - . ment of the.GRGS ethios was delivered by headmaster Mr Stuart Holt a t the annual pre­ sentation evening. Unknown to many people out­


side it,-.the school is applying for technology college status; but dif­ ficulties encountered.include a change in th e ru le s since th e process started.


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headmaster is that the ethos of the school may, effectively, have to change) although i t hasremained basically the same for hundreds of years. "Of course, each successive head­


teacher has tuned it to fit in with the times and got the maximum benefits available for our students by so doing," Mr Holt told a packed hall. "However, the basic ethos of


selecting able pupils, irrespective of wealth, colour or creed, and giving them the very best teaching and opportunities to maximise their abilities has not changed and, in my time on the bridge, will not change. • "Nevertheless, we face some big


decisions with the present Govern­ ment's policy." However, perhaps in view of the


fact th a t nothing is finalised, Mr. Holt gaye.no further details, but went'on to describe the past year. The 11-plus examination saw 430


applicants for 120 places - the gov­ ernors had so far been unsuccessful in raising the entry figure to 150. Outstanding results saw an aver­


age point score of 10 A grades at GCSE, with only one E grade and


three at D out of 1,180 entries. Some 95.5% of passes were either A-star, AorB. Mr Holt revealed that, out of the


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top five students among the 6,500 in the whole country who took IT, three were from the school. There were two similar achievements in maths and one in English literature. The number of A-level students


gaining four grade A passes rose from 194 to 221. Five pupils have gone on to study in America on international scholarships and 12 will soon be going on to Oxford or. Cambridge. A new system of running the


Wa arepleased to announce the first Bonrry BabyCompetition of the vauey Hie competM


main school in Chatbum Road has worked very well indeed, reported Mr Holt; with a very positive ethos developing. The current sixth form has 590'pupils


' ohis open to all cKldrenuptethe age of four and photographs will be taVenfree of charge atDlord & Son lid,•'


5MoorUne, Clitfieroe, on Tuesday 23rd, Friday 26th and$aturday27th September between 10.00and 4j00pm.Noappointment is necessary. Ml photographs will be printed in colour in the Valley magazine on November 6th with readers being asked to - vote forthe best child. The winnerwill receive a canvass effect bonded print andatrophyandtworanbeR’iipwffl each receive a smaller canvas bonded print, courtesyof Portraits.


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Advanced Netball 5.45-7pm £37 Roefi^Id Astros 10-11 am £20 Sports Self Defence 4-5pm £37 Club Netbalj (yi- 7's) ,3.30-5pm £37-} - r ,


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obtained' gold'medals* in a maths ' challenge competition, with 41 achieving silver and 51 bronze, and in another contest for years eight and nine,. CRGS came 10th out of 40. . Numerous contacts CRGS fosters


Mr. Holt sai,d; th a t .22 pupils.,


with companies such as Ultraframe and other schools both at home and abroad were detailed by Mr. Holt. They included a new one in Perpig­ nan, France, and existing ones in places as diverse at Emsdetten, Ger­ many, Boston, Massachusetts, and several Continental work experience locations, including - those a t Clitheroe's twin town Rivesaltes.


One pupil won a German govern­


ment international scholarship and, emphasised ;Mr Holt, lasting rela­ tionships were formed from these contacts and visits.


. World events touch the school


sometimes, indicated Mr Holt. The 2002 politics trip to America was cancelled due to insufficient num­ bers in the a fterm ath of 9/11, though 40 pupils are going this year. But the geography field trip to the


French Alps was "hugely successful", with a high standard of behaviour as well as.enthusiasm to learn in the unique environment. There was a very visible and sobering reminder of global warming - the snout of the glacier there has been in accelerated retreat over the decade CRGS has been sending parties, having moved back over 300 metres. Mr Holt thanked the trustees of


the school's foundation for giving almost £140,000 during the year to support the school and its pupils. He mentioned several major projects at the school,; including a new heating system at York Street and a £90,000 upgrade in the IT department. The head took a wry approach to the arrival of the Internet and a


data,projector in the .main school, physics laboratory, "^ong'with our first virtual instrument, a virtual oscilloscope, this will revolutionise certain areas of our teaching and learning in the near future. Perhaps we can have a virtual teacher, teach­ ing virtual students." On a more serious note,.Mr Holt


emphasised that a variety of skills is needed to obtain and be successful in chosen career paths, with acade­ mic qualifications the essential pre­ requisite. But in addition a three- day Challenge of Management con­ ference for older pupils gives them the types of skill, such as team­


working, communication and prob­ lem-solving, not normally associat­ ed with ah academic curriculum. Although the school is always


looking forwards, i t is currently looking back over the last 100 years for a book to mark the 450th anniversary of its foundation. The prizes were presented by-


County Coun. Michael Hindley and the Rev. Canon Philip Dearden, chairman of the governors, presided. There were musical items by


Joanne Noblett (French horn) and Mr Graham Moon (piano) mid the vote of thanks was'giveh'by head boy Xavier Riley /and head girl Nafeesa Shah. Our picture shows Mr Hindley,


(left) with Mr Holt (right) the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Mrs Joan Knight, Canon Dearden and some of the prizewinners.


(A190903/1) Prizewinners


GCE advanced level prizes: Old


Barker, Orla Berry, .Patrick Burns, .William Clayton,'Denis Craven, Thomas Craven, Kimberley Fox, Frederick Ham­ lin. ' * ...........


and Col L. C. King-Wilkinson Memorial Scholarships: Jack Hardman, Rachel, Harrison, Stewart Joinson, Saghir Munir, Emily Northin, Willliam Rix, Ursula Sagar, Helen Slee, Joanne Smalley, Sarah Wareham. Old Clitheronians’ Honoratus Prize


Old Clitherpnians’ Honoratus Prizes ' ' " ' " I '


and Southworth Scholarship: Briony Wiggins. Evelyn Garnett Prize for; art, James


Thornber Trophy for the greatest all­ round contribution to the school and Annis Watson Prize for Head Girl: Rachael Edwards.


and Laurence Hardy Memorial Scholar­ ships: James Aldred, Alison Ball, Anna


Clitheronians’ Honoratus Prize, founda­ tion scholarship and Edward Boden Prize for mathematics and further math­ ematics: Julie Addison. Old Clitheronians’ Honoratus Prizes


and Ronald Kay Prize for pure mathe­ matics and mechanics, Nicola Bonner; William Kilner prize for Business Stud­ ies, Christopher Hodgson; Frank Daw­ son prize for chemistry and Elsie Clarke Prize for pure mathematics with statis­ tics, Timothy Walters; Jean Dawson prize for classical civilisation, Helen Cresswell; Emma Walton prize for com­ puting, Paul Wild; Alan Mattick prize for design and technology and Peter Liver prize for physics, Peter Davies; Richard Marshall prize for economics, Imran Ahmed; Lewis Coles prize for eng- lish language, Jenny Swann; John Macalpine prize for English literature, Chantal Ward; John Hudson prize for English language and literature, Laura Nevison; Richard Fort prize for French, Elizabeth Stewart; Barbara Bingham prize for general studies, Paul Cuthbert; Frank Mitchell prize for geography, Neil Askew; Miss Boothman prize for german, Helen Bagshaw; Peter Ditchfield prize for history, Paul Sims; School prize for music, William Stafford; School prize for physical education, Elizabeth Thomas; Michael Garnett prize and Trophy for Politics, Neil Thompson; Hector Gilleard prize for psychology, Laura Gorst; Win- nifred Lumb prize for religious studies, Kelly Driscoll; School prize for sociology, Katy Finder; School prize for theatre studies, Rebecca Atkinson; Emma Bot- tomley prize for a student entering medi­


Joseph Fairweather Prize for biology


Alston, Suffian Amjad, Sarah Anderson, Daniel Bagshaw, Fay Beard, Mark Binns, Hannah Brierley, Edward Brun- ning, Edward Cobban, Robert Drew, Seena Dilraj Gopal, Paul Furnborough, Edie Gardner, Kathryn Gooding, Nili Gupta, Clare Hales, Faheem Hassan, Alex Haythornthwaite, Claire Hubbard, Laura Marsden, Stephanie Patchett, Matthew Roberts, Carla Sanderson, Katy Sandham, Sarah Stevenson, James Tozer, Timothy Walsh, Anna Ward, Ailsa Whyte, James Wilbourn, Nicholas Woodruff, Rachel Yates. GCSE prizes: Sir Ralph Assheton


Prize and Trophy for outstanding GCSE results and a major contribution to the life of the school, Jennifer Robert- son-Welsh; School prize for excellent GCSE results and a major contribution to the school, James Warburton; .Charles Myers prizes for excellent GCSE results, Mark Bailey, Stephanie Bamber, Helen Fitzpatrick, James Aspinall; Veevers Cup for outstanding progress, Wing Yin Tsang; Evelyn Gar­ nett prize for excellent GCSE results, Thomas Briggs, Rose Crabtree, Natasha Finch, Steven Gardner-Chan, Justine Greenwood, Kate Harling, Louise Hartley, Richard Moore, Sarah Powell, Miriam Rigby, Daniel Roff, Catherine Westwood: John Macalpine prizes for excellent GCSE results, Max­ ine Burton, Christopher Briggs, Jonathan Cockburn, Hazel Fellowes, Peter Gill, Amy Hu, James Peters, Vic­ toria Strahan, Phoebe Wallbank. John Macalpine prizes for excellent


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SUPERFIT health club bers put themselves through gruelling 12-hour charity ch lenge. Members of Hicks Heal


Club, off Chatburn Roa Clitheroe, jumped, pumpe stretched and flexed their way help raise a grand total of ju over £1,000. The event was held in mem


ry of Hicks member An Walmsley, who died earlier t year at the age of 29. All the money raised by t


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by Duncan Smith


GCSE results and Derek Edmondson Sports Cup, Helen Slinger; Hughes Cup for Sportsman of the Year, Thomas Don­ ald; Kenyon Cup for athletic prowess, Daniel Bush; Donald Spencer prize for RE., Stephanie Novak. Year 10 prizes: James Blackburn,


PROTOTYPE pudding from a Gisburn farmhous kitchen helped to raise char i ty cash a t one of the firs Macmillan Cancer Relie


cine or a related course, Suzanne Crut- tenden; J B Parker prize for.head boy, ■ Graeme Finhie. Year 12 prizes: Salma Ahmed, Laura


son, Amy Thomson, Joanathan - Wharam. Year 8 prizes: Jordan Brown, Char­


Frost, Ilona Gill, Rebecca Neumark, Manaka Paranathala, Anna Rowland­


lotte Colley, Jason Garforth, Amy Killen, Rose Kyte, Nathan Littley, Andrew McRae, Richard Yates. Year 7 prizes: Richard Bailey, Samuel


Ecroyd, Charlotte Fairclough, John Furnborough, Emily Holmes, Alice Moriarty, Charlotte Rowlandson, Jonathan Taylor. Old Girls’ Association prizes for acade­


mic progress: Rebecca Dyer, Eleanor Geldard, Valerie Hartley, Christopher Menelaou, Benjamin Rigby, Joshua Roseman, Jung Yin Tsang, Stephanie Wood.


-‘•pM ^ Cheers! Inn at Whitewell scoops champagne award


CORKS were popping at the Inn at Whitewell after the most covet­ ed award in the Champagne industry in Europe was scooped by the historic public house. The Inn at Whitewell took the


United Kingdom top prize in this year's Trophee Gosset Celebris, whieh recognises "gastro pubs with outstanding wine lists" « JThe'Winners were announced by .Beatrice. Cointreau, CEO of Champagne GOSSET, a t an awards ceremony in London. ’ ■ 1 -Part of the Inn a t Whitewell


Commencing15thSeptember (unlessbtHerwiise stated)


dates back to the early 14th Cen­ tury. The keeper of the “Foret” - the Royal hunting ground - used to-live there and, according to managing director Charles Bow­ man: "Nowadays it is still quite common for distinguished shoot­ ing parties to drop in for lunch. Beatrice Cointreau said: "The


judging panel was seeking the pub or inn offering the best range and quality of Champagne, both by


the glass and by the bottle, and promoting it in a positive manner. “I t was a very difficult choice


this year, as we had a record num­ ber of entries, bu t the Inn a t Whitewell undoubtedly took the top prize." -


' The hotel has won an invitation


for four people to visit Cham­ pagne GOSSET a t Ay for a gourmet*dinner and overnight- accommodation in Champagne. Mr Bowman was presented


with a commemorative trophy and an engraved casket contain­ ing a magnum of GOSSET Cele­ bris 1990. He also becomes a member of the Champagne Gos­ set Club deS Laureats, which meets annually to share a fine dining experience at a top Euro­ pean re s tau ran t , courtesy of Beatrice Cointreau..■/ . Our picture shows Mr Bowman (centre) holding the certificate


. with Beatrice Cointreau and som- petition officials. (S) •


Stop them making a mess of our picnic site!


GROUPS of travellers are turning one of the area's most scenic beau­ ty spots into a dumping ground. . Members'of Sabden Parish Council are meeting witbpolice and Ribble; Valley. Council .chiefs to try and solve the problem.pf itinerants campihg on Black Hill’picnic site which overlooks the village and looks out on tp Pendle.1 ! Travellers keep leaving the site -


leaving a trail of mess and destruc­ tion to be cleaned up - and then return. The chairman of the parish coun­


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cil, Coun. Bernard Parfitt, said:, "This is the third time in the last couple of months that'they have visited Black Hill and they are making a nuisance of thearea. •''"They are leaving rubbish and * TVs and using the area as a toilet,' an d ’then the parish council is expected to clean it up. We are now hoping to work with the police and the council to find a more suitable site for them because it is not nice for the people who have to clean up human faeces which they have left." Six caravans took over the site


two weeks ago. When they left there was a trail of rubbish strewn across the picnic site.


Cpun. Parfitt added: "The time before last there were more than a


■ dozen caravans and we really need to find a way to stop them from coming here."


• ; ; ’ .! Last week/ another group arrived • 1


and when they left there was a« • burned-out car, vandalised picnic tables and human excreta left in their wake.- Insp. Bob Ford, of Ribble Valley


police, said that action was taken as soon as they are made aware'of the travellers. He said: "Whenever we hear of


their arrival we immediately alert’ ’ Ribble Valley-Borough Council to get them to start proceedings to get


; them removed. We then assist the council by going up with.them .to serve a notice and in some circum-.; stances we have to,enforce t h a t ' notice, but this time there was no - need;' ■- '


"We are concerned about the' : -


travellers because often the people/ from the site are operating scams ’ such as selling cheap sofas and we ; are as anxious as anyone that they use the proper camping sites.” Our picture shows some of the lit­


ter left after the latest visit by trav- ellers. (B100903/lb)


LOTTERY WIN


THE winning numbe 1st-£1,000


Mrs Margaret Houston, A 2nd-£250


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Mr’Leslie Loades, Da 3rd-£100


|Hrs Margaret Stewart, A~ There were five Clithe


mong the £5 winning rhich are:


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Schools in B musical lin


THE preparatory school of O Whalley, has teamed up wi School as part of its study of Renaissance and Baroque eras. The recorder is an.impor


instrument in both of the sch curriculum and Oakhill was rece by the visit of Salesbury pup" concert for Oakhill’s P re p a r Nearer Christmas, Oakhill w compliment and visit Salesburj Jane Duckworth, a for"


Oakhill’s head of music, Mrs H now studying the recorder at T London, also played two very' by Handel and Telemann to de skill and virtuosity of recorder Renaissance and Baroque eras. Daniel Caton, an Oakhill G


dent, gave a rendition of Pach the keyboard to demonstrate a being played on a more modem


Thomas Draper, William Latham, Joanne Nowell, Jonathan Simmonite, Alice Waterhouse, Aaron Wilson, Salma Zulfigar. Year 9 prizes: Tze Cheung, Bryony,


coffee mornings. Five years on, those delicio


puddings are on sale in si market aisles, the fledgling co“


pany th a t created them is fi~ ly established in Clitheroe a the Macmillan coffee momin make up th e biggest chari event of its kind in the world. The company, formed short


a f te r th a t Macmillan coff' morning five years ago, w


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